Thursday, August 12, 2010

August 12 stuff happened!

Well, we didn't get the Storm of Impending Doom that they promised... but the dog dutch ovened us all night under the doona.
Which was far, far, far worse.
Cos she'd been eating tinned food again.
Erk.

Ok, exciting history stuffs on this day consisted of...1829 The site of Perth being chosen as X marks the spot.You can download the history of Perth HERE.1842 Melbourne was incorporated as a city.You can read the history of Melbourne HERE.1849 Surveyor Edward Jollie parked his posterior in Canterbury.You can ogle a portrait of the handsome chap HERE.1892 The first electric street cars, converted from horse-drawn vehicles, began burbling about Toronto along the Church route for the Toronto Railway Company.You may drool over a replica and museum photos HERE.

Now, remember...

Nice to see the Silver Kiwi fern included on the cover.

The Nylex Clock is still busted. Yellow = New ZealandOrange = CanadaGreen = AustralianRed = UK or other nationalityItalics, bold and coloured blue are links to further info.Anything outrageous is usually sarcasm and/or humour

I have a feeling that the fern design on that Copy Book isn't NZ, but Aussie. There are Australian tree ferns, and others that I saw while over your way, Jayne, I could swear were straight out of the good ol' Kiwi bushlands.

Most interesting of all is that for quite a few years after we said no to federation with the Australian states, the Australian Coppy Book Company still included NZers in their annual writing competitions. Perhaps hoping we'd change our minds, like that part in your constitution that includes us?

LOl - Who the hell feeds their dog canned food and THENlt's them sleep under the covers?One word? (me) - but it's not canned food - mine's been expolsive for the better part of week and I swear I'm not feeding him canned food o_OGo figure!